Plural of sinker
regular plural
The plural of sinker is sinkers.
Forms of sinker
| Singular | sinker /ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sinkers |
| Countable | countable |
Sinkers in a sentence
- His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.
- Of the fifty cents, ten went for the glassy shoeshine; twenty-five for a boutonniere; ten for coffee and sinkers at the Cockeyed Bakery.1926, Edna Ferber, Show Boat: A Novel, page 268
- His interest, aside from slinging sinkers as a sidearming right-hander, was medicine.2009 March 19, Ben Shpigel, “Medicine’s Loss Could Be the Mets’ Gain”, in New York Times. From the entry sidearm
- The sinkers were raised and lowered in a hoppet attached to the rope.1904, Great Britain. Home Office, Mines and Quarries, page 81. From the entry hoppet
- It would be kept close to the bottom by sinkers.1995, Arne Kalland, Fishing Villages in Tokugawa, Japan, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry scare line
Meaning of sinker
- noun That which sinks or descends.
- noun One who sinks something.
- noun A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
Questions about the plural of sinker
- What is the plural of sinker?
- The plural of sinker is sinkers.
- Is sinker countable?
- Sinker is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sinker (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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